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At the start of the 20th century the Western World was a nightmare, the richest had all the money and the other 99% lived in squalor, terrible wages, no pensions, no rights, filthy water, no electricity. Then the people organised and took control. It needs to happen again.

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Privatisation isn't a failed experiment, it is a con in which essential services are sold to their mates so you have to rent them and be ripped off for whatever they feel like for the rest of eternity.

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"Hopes are growing in London and Brussels that a crucial summit in May will open the door to a UK-EU defence pact and wider economic deal, and that it will not be derailed by a dispute over fishing." “I think we are in a very good place.” ~AA www.ft.com/content/2fe9...

submitted 6 hours ago • 7 comments

Steve Coogan explains the reason we have sewage in our rivers & lakes is because of a 35yr failed experiment with water privatisation, its a broken system & the private companies have extracted over £80bn in that period. "It should be taken back into public ownership". Spot on!

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Why don't economic commentators, like Martin Wolf at the FT, appear to know that if you want growth in the current stagnant UK economy, the best way to deliver it is by redistributing wealth? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

submitted 8 hours ago • 13 comments

Worth pointing out that no major British news outlet has reported on this unprecedented raid on a Quaker meeting. The silence is deafening.

submitted 2 days ago • 86 comments

This must be the final nail in the coffin for Ofwat, a regulator that's proven time and again it cannot protect customers and our beautiful environment. The Government must protect British rivers and seas from disgusting sewage. It’s time for Ofwat to go.

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BREAKING: I have amazing news! You know how you are all worried that pensioners, unemployed and disabled people aren't gonna be able to afford food? Well, King Charles is increasing his pay from £86M to £125M! Isn't this brilliant? x

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

Private healthcare costs would be extortionate under Farage & Reform if they got into power and scrapped our NHS! Never vote for Reform! #NigelFarage #ReformUK

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'You're Afraid To Tax The Super-Rich': BBC Presenter Challenges Labour Minister Over Economy Nina Warhurst told James Murray his party was "out of touch" with ordinary people www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/youre-...

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Terrific reporting by @nytimes.com. Shame the British media can’t expose this for themselves. Will only fuel suspicion that Farage and his Brexit gang are - and have always been - a Putinist front

submitted 3 days ago • 47 comments

Vote Farage, get garbage US meat.

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What a sad little man, what a sad little society that allows it. But then it's a global issue. Corruption is everywhere and we long ago let it get out of hand. STILL, it must be protested. It must be rallied against. #ScrapTeslas #FuckTwitterOff #ExileMuskToMARS #Resist #NowOrNAZI

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

2020-2024: UK energy industry made £483.4bn operating profit. 6.1m households in fuel poverty. 110,000 pensioners a year die in fuel poverty. Industries. struggling. What would the govt do? Watch the Minister's reply. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Attf...

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

In yet more proof that Reform UK is seeking to import Trump-style politics to the UK, it has been revealed that senior Reform figures want to launch a think tank similar to the ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA) ones that support Donald Trump in the US.

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More evidence of Labour turning Tory: they're now trying to crack down EVEN FURTHER on protests Home secretary Yvette Cooper has announced plans to make it easier for police to impose conditions on protests. It is a 'Labour' government only in name. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

“There are too many examples of public services failing people, but costing huge amounts” Like the criminal Water Companies which need to be nationalised. #bbcqt

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No evidence Labour welfare cuts will get more people into work, OBR says The spending watchdog’s says it was not provided with an analysis of how the reforms could boost employment www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 3 days ago • 43 comments

There were 3 council by-elections yesterday Reform UK won 0. They keep losing by-elections. That’s 227 council by-elections since the General Election, still just 12 seats won for Reform UK. Only 5 out of 58 council by-elections in 2025.

submitted 3 days ago • 29 comments

Men make sacrifices many women don't for top jobs, Farage says. Trillions of cells, millions of years of human evolution, thousands of years of education and we still have these crass comments. Dinosaurs never disappeared.

submitted 3 days ago • 92 comments

Nigel Farage is being sued by his own Reform members for stealing their information and selling it on. He thought he was taking them by getting £25 for nothing and their personal info for free. Would be great to see them take him to the cleaners.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Seen in Birmingham.

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Gary Stevenson, "I would advise people to look at what happens to American living standards over the next few years, because that could happen here if we vote the wrong way in the next general election" #BBCQT

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Calls for a #WealthTax are growing - and government's excuses are looking more and more feeble. This week's rally showed the energy of this movement and the breadth of support (78% of the public!) for this common sense policy. Now we keep the pressure up!

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

We should be shocked, humiliated and ashamed that 4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK and that Labour is planning to increase this number by conscious choice. Radical action is needed. No child deserves this. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Well said Richard!

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Why are Mick Lynch, Jeremy Corbyn, the SNP and the Green's never on TV? But Nigel Farage is plastered to it. Because they are against the establishment, and he is the establishment.

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

What's worse, Labour knew that 1/3 of British children grows up in poverty & went ahead with further cuts anyway. How did they know? The Children's Commissioner released this report (2nd link) back in 2021. www.dumptheguardian.com/society/2025... assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/20...

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If you're wondering why our Honk If You Hate Elon sign gets so much support, 8 out of 10 Brits actively dislike Elon Musk. #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla Source: yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

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The rich people don't pay tax because the Government lets them avoid it. "And it ends up being paid by you." #bbcqt

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The number of Islamophobic posts about London Mayor Sadiq Khan has risen from 12,000 to 28,000 over the last 12 months, according to a GLA report. They’re nearly all on TwitterX and more than half come from the US and India.

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Economist James Meadway (@meadwaj.bsky.social) on how Labour is approaching growth in COMPLETELY the wrong way 👏 #Budget2025

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You truly could not make it up. You could not.

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Every freebies scandal further damages trust in our politics. There's one way to end the freebies scandal for good - ban MPs from accepting gifts and hospitality. Sign the letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/168537/...

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'Israel's Genocide in Gaza is the Fatal Flaw in Starmer's European Alternative to Trump and Putin' – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/03/24/i...

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My message to Keir Starmer - You have lost the right to speak amongst honorable people, you have chosen exit over voice. You have chosen anti-governance over social governance. 1/3

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Sleight of hand from the Chancellor. The US is UK’s largest trading partner of any individual country, but the UK trades far more with the EU which acts as one when it comes to trade. Our polling shows that TWICE AS MANY voters want her government to prioritise trade with the EU over the US.

submitted 5 days ago • 40 comments

Rachel Reeves just destroyed disabled people's lives AND public services in one fell swoop She has marked out the goalposts for a Labour government that has, perhaps irredeemably, now lost its way. Our analysis of the #SpringStatement #WelfareNotWarfare www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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Keir Starmer's Government's welfare cuts will push 250,000 more people into poverty, including 50,000 children, according to the DWP's own impact assessment

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Farage is actively trying to groom the children of Britain into his extremist ideology. Reform UK isn’t just another political party, it’s a direct threat to the safety and future of every child in British schools. #ukpolitics in

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For all their denial that this is austerity, the grim reality of Starmer and Reeves' new economic project is that it is bad for living standards, bad for public services, bad for the vulnerable, and bad for the economy, argues his former senior adviser Simon Fletcher bylinetimes.com/2025/03/26/s...

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Ellie Chowns, "Instead of balancing the books on the backs of the poorest and the disabled, Rachel Reeves She could make the choice to increase taxes on the very wealthy in society" "A 2% tax on assets over £10m would raise £24 billion" "Why isn't the Chancellor making those choices?"

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Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn. It is continuation of the Tory austerity with the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate as targets. No talk of reducing corporate welfare, ending tax perks of the rich, redistribution of income/wealth.

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The announcement of even deeper cuts to support for sick and disabled people is deeply concerning and morally reprehensible. Starmer and Reeves have chosen to push millions into poverty with austerity over implementing a wealth tax on the super rich.

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“No on Tuesday we’re bombing Yemen!!”

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"This reeks of privilege, exclusion, and a growing disconnect from the people the people they are meant to serve!" wrote one person in response. www.spottednews.com/news/starmer...

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Keep Our NHS Public argues for a return to an NHS based on its founding principles of universal comprehensive care from cradle to grave.

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